ALASKA BIENNIAL 2020: EXHIBITION PARTICIPATING ARTISTS ANNOUNCED
ALASKA BIENNIAL ON VIEW NOV. 6, 2020-APRIL 4, 2021, AT THE ANCHORAGE MUSEUM
October 26, 2020
ANCHORAGE, AK 鈥 The 果冻传煤 Museum announces the artists participating in Alaska Biennial 2020. The Alaska Biennial is organized by the 果冻传煤 Museum and celebrates place through the lens of contemporary art. Alaska Biennial participants are Alaska-based contemporary artists exploring the North, its people, histories, and landscapes through a variety of media. The 2020 edition of the Alaska Biennial comes at a time of massive social and ecological change, and artists respond accordingly, reflecting their visions for the future.
The exhibition鈥檚 call for entries drew 444 submissions from 129 artists. From these submissions, 127 works were selected representing each artist that submitted to the call and met the qualifications for the exhibition. Works include drawing, painting, mixed media, craft, jewelry, fiber art, visual art, metalsmithing, printmaking, encaustic, ceramic, book/paper arts, photography and sculpture.
The exhibition is on view at the 果冻传煤 Museum Nov. 6, 2020, through April 4, 2021.
Alaska Biennial is made possible with the support from Alaska State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Municipality of 果冻传煤, 果冻传煤 Museum Association, and 果冻传煤 Museum Foundation Alaska Airlines Silver Anniversary Fund.
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Image: On the Root Glacier by Kathy Smith.
CHOSEN FOR EXHIBITION (ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY ARTIST)
Indra Arriaga Delgado, 果冻传煤
Other People's Dreams
Oil, wax, gel transfer, pencil on canvas
Terri Atwell, 果冻传煤
Changing Landscape
Mosaic
Karl Becker, Cordova
Red-Necked Grebe with Young in Gold
Watercolor and gold leaf
Susan Biggs, Soldotna
Roof Dwellers
Pigment inkjet print
Beth Blankenship, 果冻传煤
2020 Commemorative Pin
Fabric, beads, metal, thread
Kayo Bogdan, 果冻传煤
You Are Missed
Fiber
Keith Boggs, 果冻传煤
Muskox Thrive on Arctic Sedges Over Basalt
Oil on canvas
Talia Bowles, 果冻传煤
Beautiful Straight Jacket
Textile
Honore Buckley, 果冻传煤
Barnacle Ferns
Beads, thread
Jean Bundy, 果冻传煤
Paradox of Productivity
Acrylic on canvas
Melanie Burns, 果冻传煤
Lake Reflections
Acrylic on canvas
Sharlene Cline, Homer
Meteorite Peak
Watercolor, ink, rice paper on acrylic
Michael Conti, 果冻传煤
The People
Giclee print
Katie Ione Craney, Haines
Hearing Loss
Mixed media
Mike Criss, Wasilla
Star Trails
Digital canvas print
Lloyd Crow, 果冻传煤
Fracking - The Second Coming of Krakatoa
Mixed media
Carol Cunningham Turner, Eagle River
Birdie
Archival inkjet print
Bob Curtis-Johnson, 果冻传煤
Introspect/Intersect
Giclee print
Jonathan Daining, 果冻传煤
Kachemak Bay
Oil on canvas
Graham Dane, 果冻传煤
Instructions for Travelling Inwards
Acrylic and mixed media on vinyl
Monica Daugherty, Juneau
Bloodline
Oil on canvas
Gail Davidson, Fairbanks
It's a Dog's Life
Wool on linen
Don Decker, 果冻传煤
An Arctic Circle
Colored pencil and graphite pencil on paper
Alanna DeRocchi, 果冻传煤
Idle
Mixed media
Debbie Dubac, 果冻传煤
Stare at the Fire (fireweed)
Acrylic on board
Suzanne Dvorak, 果冻传煤
Dory Story
Mixed media on wood
Bob Eastaugh, 果冻传煤
Golden Hour
Digital C print
Daniel Firmin, Juneau
The Decolonizer
Copper with baleen and sinew
Colleen Firmin Thomas, Fairbanks
I Will Keep the Score
Mixed media
Jimmie Froehlich, 果冻传煤
La Source - Falls Creek Falls
Oil on tarpaper
Dan Fruits, Juneau
Snow Patterns 2
Oil on canvas
Hal Gage, 果冻传煤
Population Explosion
Pigment ink transfer
Ray Gamradt, Palmer
Learning to Read
Charcoal on board
June Gerteisen, Palmer
Frost Heave
Acrylic on canvas
Stephen Gerteisen, Palmer
Piece of Artist #1
Acrylic on canvas
Jo Going and Connie Stricks, Homer and Fairbanks
SAN SHRINE
Watercolor on paper on board
K N Goodrich, 果冻传煤
Rainy Day Memories (Juneau)
Pastel, watercolor, digital print
Robert Green, 果冻传煤
An Unexpected View
Oil on canvas
Sanjana Greenhill, 果冻传煤
The Confluence
Pigment inkjet print
Becky Grunder, 果冻传煤
Horizon #44
Acrylic on canvas
Anya Gudimova, 果冻传煤
Counting Petals
Oil on canvas
Somer Hahm, Fairbanks
Friendship Link
Acrylic on canvas
Hans Hallinen, 果冻传煤
Nebulous White SW7063
Mixed media
Nancy Hausle Johnson, Fairbanks
Northern Take Off
Ceramic
Kelly Hebert, 果冻传煤
Ramen Bowl
Ceramic
Jessie Hedden, Fairbanks
Pallet Sculpture
Wood
Kelley Hegarty Lammers, Fairbanks
Untitled
Oil on canvas
Yuliya Helgesen-Thompson, 果冻传煤
Reflection of Last Summer
Oil on canvas
Mary Henrikson, Ward Cove
Mychillium II
Oil on canvas
Lily Hope, Juneau
BLM Allies Armband
Merino wool and cedar bark
Rhonda Horton, Wasilla
Solitary Sandpiper
Solarplate intaglio monotype
Steve Hyams, 果冻传煤
Lower Kisaralik Falls
Gouache on paper
Elizabeth Irving, Fairbanks
Plan Your House So Carefully
Ink on paper
Brenda Jaeger, 果冻传煤
As the Tundra Melts
Acrylic on canvas
Matt Johnson, 果冻传煤
Field Jacket 3
Pigment inkjet print
Rachael Juzeler, Douglas
Pears [Grandma's & Duane's]
Mixed media
Alyson Kennard, 果冻传煤
Hide and Seek
Oil on wood
Margo Klass, Fairbanks
Beaver Creek
Mixed media
Susan LaGrande, 果冻传煤
Tide Pool and Sea Squirts
Metal, glass beads
Carol Lambert, 果冻传煤
Icarus in the Arctic
Etching
Robert LaMontagne, Fairbanks
Temporal Curve
Glass, wood, steel
Sylvia Lange, Cordova
Harbor Under Quarantine Flag
Acrylic on linen
Cat Larrea, 果冻传煤
Meares Glacier
Textile
Stephen Lawrie, Sitka
Father and Daughter (end of a long trip)
Acrylic on canvas
Kara Lewandowski, 果冻传煤
Before it was 鈥淟ake Clark鈥
Acrylic on canvas
Teri Lindseth, 果冻传煤
Providence
Acrylic on canvas
Kristin Link, Glennallen
Frozen Ocean Diptych
Cyanotype on paper
Emily Longbrake, 果冻传煤
River, Ridge, Range Columns
Birch plywood, thread
Shiela Mahaney, 果冻传煤
Abstract Ceiling
Giclee print
Klara Maisch, Fairbanks
Skull Peak
Oil on linen
Kimberly Marcucci, 果冻传煤
Land
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
Janelle Matz and Leslie Matz, 果冻传煤
Mermaid's Purse
Halibut skin, brass
Puanani Maunu, Juneau
Frozen Pond, Fish Creek
Oil on Masonite
Terry McBee, Soldotna
Spring Sojourn, A Study of Canada Geese in Black Walnut
Wood
Mark McDermott, 果冻传煤
Picking the Net
Watercolor
Kerby Mcghee, 果冻传煤
Hatcher Pass
Oil on canvas
Nancy McKay, Talkeetna
Mountain Series 4
Oil graphite pencil and oil pastel on paper
Amy Meissner, 果冻传煤
Birth Weight: 8lbs, 4oz
Linen, wool, nylon thread, stones
Jenny Irene Miller, 果冻传煤
Legs (self-portrait)
Digital inkjet print
Sharry Miller, Valdez
Coral Trio
Fused glass and acrylic on wood
M. Scott Moon, Kenai
McNeil River Sauna #2
Pigment inkjet print
Jennifer Moss, Fairbanks
Migration-Crossing
Gouache, acrylic, graphite on canvas
Rachel Mulvihill, Fairbanks
Alaskan Landscape
Acrylic on canvas
Ree Nancarrow, Fairbanks
Habitat Loss, Plumage Mismatch
Textile
Monica O'Keefe, 果冻传煤
Ravens and Snowflakes are not Black and White
Acrylic on canvas
Austin Parkhill, Homer
'Rona Lisa Smile
Acrylic and graphite on board
David Personius, Fairbanks
Red-Necked Grebes
Wood and paint
Lisa Peter, Fairbanks
Glass Mask Bowl
Canvas with fused glass
David Pettibone, Homer
Summer of Fire
Oil on canvas
Tami Phelps, 果冻传煤
Metamorphosis
Acrylic, fiber, assemblage on cradleboard
Marji Plessinger, Fairbanks
Pipeline Gold
Acrylic and ink on canvas
Gail Priday, Fairbanks
Begin Again
Oil on canvas
MaryBeth Printz, 果冻传煤
When it is Time
Oil on canvas
Sonia Pullins, 果冻传煤
O鈥橫alley Peak
Acrylic on canvas
Jay Reto, 果冻传煤
Bird
Mixed media
David Rosenthal, Cordova
Island in the Sun
Oil on linen
Kathryn Rousso, Ketchikan
Changing Directions
Waxed linen thread, beads, yellow cedar bark, round reed
Alexander 鈥楽asha鈥 Sagan, 果冻传煤
Portrait of a Woman
Oil on canvas
Natalie Schuldt, Fairbanks
Lowbush Cranberries
Relief woodcut print
Jannah Sexton-Atkins, 果冻传煤
Prayer Marker: Shrine to Wetlands Habitat
Mixed media
Maria Shell, 果冻传煤
Mosh Pit @ the Golden
Textile
Erica Olive Shirk, Valdez
Tsunami and Earthquake Diptych
Woodblock print
Christine Smith, 果冻传煤
O'Malley at Dusk
Glass and copper
Kathy Smith, Homer
On the Root Glacier
Oil on linen
Mike Smith, Cordova
Reassembled
Wood
Scott Spooner, 果冻传煤
Wheat Grass Ghosts
Acrylic and foliage on canvas
Marianne Stolz, Fairbanks
Pondering Pond Scum
Wood
Kristy Summers, 果冻传煤
Wishbone
Mixed media
Iris Sutton, Fairbanks
Good Bear
Acrylic on canvas
Cody Swanson, 果冻传煤
Castle in a Talkeetna Mountain Valley
Ink on gelatin silver print
Sara Tabbert, Fairbanks
Argument/Arsenal
Acrylic on yellow cedar
Shoko Takahashi, 果冻传煤
Four Seasons
Screen print accordion book
Sharon Trager, 果冻传煤
Woman in Repose
Oil on collaged oil paper
Tim Troll, 果冻传煤
Noel Polty - Let's Dance
Acrylic on canvas
Tom Turner, Eagle River
Between Beluga Point and Bird Point
Archival inkjet print
Ronald Viol, 果冻传煤
Alien Seeds 2020
Ceramic
Natasha Webster, 果冻传煤
The Revolution
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Jacob Wilson, 果冻传煤
Clearing
Graphite and mixed media on paper
Tamara Wilson, Fairbanks
Custom Cabinet
Wood and embroidery thread
Robert Winfree, 果冻传煤
Alaska in My Pocket - Pocket Paintings
Mixed media
Evelyn Wiszinckas, Kodiak
BRANCH
Encaustic on wood
Theresa Woldstad, North Pole
Navigating Ambiguous Waters
Mixed media
Douglas Yates, Ester
Medusa's Mirror
Archival inkjet print
M. Thompson, 果冻传煤
Westchester 2020
Collage on paper
Artem Zhdanov, Fairbanks
Dark Dimensions and Folk Tale Landscapes - Mountain King 3
Digital canvas print
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